Fiat 500L
Registered from 2013 to 2020.
About this model
The Fiat 500L is a car which was manufactured by Fiat Serbia from 2012 to 2022 and marketed by Fiat globally. A five-door mini MPV based on a variant of the FCA Small Wide platform, it was initially only produced in a two-row, five-seater confugration, with a lengthened three-row, seven-seater version called the 500L Living introduced in 2013 for the European market. In 2017, the 500L received an intermediate facelift, with revised front and rear fascias along with In-car entertainment updates and interior revisions. By early 2018, production reached 500,000 units. The 500L was discontinued in the North American market after model year 2020.
From the Wikipedia article Fiat 500L, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2014 1.2 diesel. 1,033 of 4,753 tests failed, 22%.
Better than 23% of 2014 cars. The typical one fails 17%, across 870 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 47% | 486 |
| Brakes | 30% | 305 |
| Tyres and wheels | 23% | 239 |
| Lights and electrics | 23% | 236 |
| Visibility | 11% | 111 |
| Steering | 11% | 110 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 47% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 30% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Tyres and wheels — 23% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Steering — 11% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 11% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 29% of its inspections, against the 23% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 12% | 7% | 34 | |
| 20–40k miles | 18% | 11% | 434 | |
| 40–60k miles | 18% | 15% | 1,182 | |
| 60–80k miles | 22% | 19% | 1,651 | |
| 80–100k miles | 25% | 21% | 1,039 | |
| 100–120k miles | 26% | 23% | 325 | |
| 120–140k miles | 29% | 23% | 70 |
4,735 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.4 petrol · 94 hp · 1383 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 7.1 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 1.4 petrol · 94 hp · 1383 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 7.5 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2018 | 1.4 petrol · 99 hp · 1355 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 7.8 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2017 | 1.4 petrol · 96 hp · 1375 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 6.0 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2016 | 1.2 diesel · 93 hp · 1384 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 4.0 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2015 | 1.2 diesel · 87 hp · 1382 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2014 | 1.2 diesel · 83 hp · 1380 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2013 | 1.2 diesel · 83 hp · 1383 kg · 2612 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC) |